2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,707 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,659 and had an average of $22,928 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 273 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $32,295 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mechanical engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in California

#1

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California

#1 in overall quality

$49,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Art Center College of Design landed the #1 spot on the list. Art Center College of Design is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 5 masters’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Art Center College of Design did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Art Center College of Design are $49,090, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Art Center College of Design

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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